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F-35 pilot held 50-minute airborne conference call with engineers before fighter jet crashed in Alaska (www.cnn.com)

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[–] kcuf@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

It probably sat out in a storm or was cleaned or something without the tanks being properly closed or they had a leak and then didn't do a full preflight. That's my guess, small planes can get loads of water in their fuel tanks sitting outside and it's something we have to check each time.